During the year 2015, the company had the following summarized activities:a. Purchased short-term investments for $10,000 cash. b. Lent $5,000 to a supplier who signed a two-year note .c Purchased equipment that cost $18,000; paid $5,000 cash and signed a one-year note for the balance. d. Hired a new president at the end of the year. The contract was for $85,000 per year plus options to purchase companystock at a set price based on company performance.9. Issued an additional 2,000 shares of $0.50 par value common stock for $11,000 cash-if Borrowed $9,000 cash from a local bank, payable in three months.9. Purchased a patent (an intangible asset) for $3,000 cashh. Built an addition to the factory for $24,000; paid $8,000 in cash and signed a three-year note for the balance. i. Returned defective equipment to the manufacturer, receiving a cash refund of $1,000.Required:1 Create T—accounts for each of the accounts on the balance sheet and enterthe balances at the end of 2014 as beginningbalances for 2015.2 Record each of the events for 2015 in T-accounts Oncluding referencing) and determine the ending balances.3. Explain your response to event (a).4. Prepare a trial balance at December 31, 2015.5. Prepare a classified balance sheet at December 31, 2015.6. Compute the current ratio for 2015. What does this suggest about Cougar Plastics?

2. the external environment (connect)choose whether each example belongs in the general, task, or internal environment.exampleenvironmenta worldwide recession task environment / general environment / internal environmentlocal mothers asking their community grocery store to carry no-salt cheerios-type cereal for their babies task environment / general environment / internal environmentchoose the phrase that best completes the following sentence.the relationship between the task environment and the general environment is best described as: a one-way system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, but changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment.an open system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, and changes in the general environment affect the task environment.a one-way system: changes in the general environment affect the task environment, but changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.a closed system: changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment, and changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.©bloomberg via getty imagesmanagement in the newsin april 2010, the explosion of british petroleum’s (bp) deepwater horizon oil drilling rig and the accompanying oil spill dramatically changed the external environment in which all oil companies operate. the explosion released more oil than any other accidental spill in history and had a huge impact on the waters and surrounding communities of the gulf coast. the conditions that led to the spill, the attempts to stop the spill, and the clean-up and aftermath of the spill prompted debates in the u.s. senate, concern on wall street, and attention from companies all over the world.match each oil spill event with a specific dimension of the general environment.eventgeneral environment dimensionbp stock prices falling 25% during the first month after the oil spill oil seeping into pelican nesting grounds, which will place the brown pelican back on the endangered species list people moving from louisiana to oklahoma to avoid the effects of the spill